1. Literary Terms

2. Plot
The series of events that make up a story

3. Conflict The struggle between opposing forces: man vs. man
man vs. nature
man vs. himself

4. Setting when and where the story takes place
sometimes referred to as “time and place”

6. Protagonist the main character that is central to the plot
often, but not always, “the good guy”

7. ANTAGONIST
the character who opposes the protagonist
an adversary

8. Plot Line
A diagram that outlines the events of a story

9. Plot Line

10. Exposition introduces the characters introduces the setting
introduces the conflict

11. Plot Line
Exposition

12. Rising Action
The part of the story where the conflict builds

13. Plot Line
Rising Action
Exposition

14. Climax the point of highest tension in a story
the point from which nothing can ever be the same again
the turning point

15. Plot Line
Climax
Rising Action
Exposition

16. Falling Action the pieces begin to come together
all the action that follows the climax

17. Plot Line
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Exposition

18. Resolution
the conclusion
the tying together of all the pieces

19. Plot Line
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
Exposition

20. Point of View
The perspective from which the story is told:

21. Point of View
1st person – “I” am telling the story; the narrator is a part of the story.
3rd person – The narrator is not in the story, but we learn about it through this outside voice.

22. Theme the message or idea the author wants to leave with the reader
sometimes the moral of the story

23. Mood
the feeling the author wants to convey to the reader